The Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Robert Quinn talks to reporters at the Rams facility in Oxnard, Calif., Monday, April 18, 2016. The Rams are settling into their new city, and any trepidation about their franchise’s move is quickly losing out to excitement over their fresh start. (AP Photo/Greg Beacham)

OXNARD >> Robert Quinn and Southern California are getting along just fine. Quinn attended Kobe Bryant’s final game last week and walked around Rams headquarters Monday, sans shoes and socks.

It’s not all sunshine, beaches and A-list parties for these newly relocated Rams, though. There are houses to purchase, families to acclimate and traffic. Lots of traffic. Sure, the players’ large salaries make things easier, but in essence these remain young men whose lives are in the middle stages of upheaval.

“When you’re not at work, you’re a family man,” Quinn said. “You’ve got to keep them separate or you’ll drive yourself crazy. Once I go home, I have to shut off the football and become Daddy again.”

Quinn’s double life resumed Monday, when the Rams started optional offseason workouts. They didn’t do much – some weightlifting, running and a few meetings – but football stuff will come naturally. It’s more important for the players, many of whom have never lived on the West Coast, to begin to feel at home.

The Rams are mindful of this. They’re providing lodging (at a local hotel) for players who haven’t yet found new homes. They’ve brought in former stars such as Eric Dickerson and Jackie Slater to talk about the positives and trappings of being a pro athlete in the Los Angeles area.

Current players such as cornerback Trumaine Johnson, who spent parts of previous offseasons in the area, have become valuable resources for teammates.

“I’m in the Hollywood area,” Johnson said. “Guys are new out here, so of course they’re coming to me for food (advice), clubs. You’ve got to live. We’re young. It’s good. It’s a fun time to be a Ram.”

Not all the concerns are alike. Consider Quinn, a defensive end and one of the Rams’ five team captains last season. Quinn, 25, is married with a 4-year-old son and a 6-month-old daughter.

Nightlife isn’t among Quinn’s primary concerns. He’s renting while looking for a permanent home, and is attempting to ease the adjustment for his son, Robert Jr., who is old enough to know he’s being uprooted.

“My mom is here and she also brought my niece, who is a year older than him, so they’ve been hanging out,” Quinn said. “I don’t think that part of it has been a huge distraction. I think he understands. As long as Daddy is around, I think everything is OK.”

For the younger, unattached Rams, life is a bit simpler. The Rams eventually will set up headquarters in Thousand Oaks, an upscale area not known for its vibrant nightlife, and players have been advised to live nearby and not attempt to commute from hotspots such as Hollywood or Manhattan Beach.

Johnson, a Stockton native, told teammates that “between 4 and 8 (p.m.), you do not want to go anywhere,” but the Rams have been getting around. Receiver Tavon Austin, a Baltimore native who arrived April 1, said he has received an education on the area this month.

“Kobe Bryant,” Austin said. “That’s the only thing I knew about Los Angeles. I stepped into the city a little bit, but for the most part I’m kind of cool, collected guy, so I’ll stay on the outskirts.”

There’s plenty of time to get adjusted. The Rams will hold workouts, on and off, over the next two months. The plan is for the Rams, in late July, to start training camp in Irvine, and players will be housed there.

Between now and then, there will be plenty of phone calls and discussions, to real estate agents, to local schools and to teammates such as safety T.J. McDonald, who played four seasons at USC.

“Everybody has different questions,” McDonald said. “Some guys are from small towns, wondering if there are going to be movie stars going left and right. I just tell them it’s really regular life. Just be yourself, be humble and show up to work like we do in St. Louis, and you’ll be all right.”

Rich Hammond was a high school senior when the Rams left town in 1995, and now he's their beat writer for the Southern California News Group. A native of L.A., Rich broke in at the Daily Breeze as a college freshman and also has covered USC, the Kings, the Lakers and the Dodgers. He still loves sports and telling stories. Don't take the sarcastic tweets too seriously.

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